Fire Safety Manager - Sheffield

About Our Client

Our client own and manage around 20,000 homes across the Yorkshire region. This includes older persons accommodation and homes for low-cost rent (social and affordable homes).

• Be responsible for the effective management, delivery, planning and operational performance of all landlord fire safety compliance related activities to all properties including; circa 500 fire risk assessments.
• To lead on all property fire safety and performance across the business and provide assurance to the Heads of Service and Directors on fire safety compliance requirements.
• Investigate all fire safety incidents and concerns to ensure that remedial action is identified, reported and implemented to minimise the potential for a re-occurrence in line with appropriate regulations and landlord's statutory obligations under fire and other health, safety and property regulations.
• Ensure changes to legislation, codes of practice, policies and procedures are identified, understood and implemented in an effective and timely manner in accordance with the organisations agreed policies and procedures.
• Develop fire safety Policies, procedures, controls, education and specifications for all property fire safety compliance activities, schemes and properties to ensure compliance.
• To ensure that all fire safety inspection, maintenance and delivery programmes (e.g. Service contracts and contractor competencies) are planned to agreed timescales and stringently monitored to ensure that the organisations and any external customer's properties are fully compliant with appropriate fire safety regulations, landlord's statutory requirements and industry best practice.
• To ensure that the organisation is fully compliant with appropriate regulations, landlord's statutory requirements and industry best practice. (ie. RRO - Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Fire Safety Act 2021, Fire Safety Regulations 2023, Approved document B, Housing Act 2004, NFCC Specialised Housing Guidance Building Safety Act 2022
• Assess compliance and/or operational fire risk and develop appropriate risk management strategies and controls

• Recognised fire safety qualification e.g. Fire Safety Diploma or Fire Safety Certificate
• Institute of Fire Engineers Membership or equivalent with evidence of continued professional development
• Practical experience of leading and managing fire safety management at an operational and strategic level
• Experience of managing and delivering fire safety compliance and service agreements across a number of disciplines.
• Experienced in the collection. analysis and presentation of complex data and in the preparation of management reports to senior managers.
• Wide experience of tender and contract procedures
• Wide experience in the on-site supervision and quality control of all service contracts, specialist contractors and consultants
• Experience of dealing with outside agencies, such as the HSE, local authorities, fire service and insurance companies.
• Experience of building internal and external relationships and strategic partnerships
• Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the relevant external environment and the impact on the organisation.
• Self motivated and able to work autonomously.

• Competitive day rate
• Agile working
• Chance to work for one of the regions leading housing providers